VIRTUAL -- This afternoon, as a part of the 2023 United Nations Water Conference, the Sierra Club will be hosting a conversation about decolonizing our waterways featuring Indigenous voices from the Southeastern US. Water is sacred to many tribal communities, tribes, and nations. To be climate resilient, we must fundamentally transform how we value water. Tribes, states, and localities have long contested legal rights to water resources. There are challenges unique to Indigenous communities in the Southeastern United States, yet their voices are rarely heard.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the White House announced President Biden would designate Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas as the country’s newest national monuments. The designation immediately provides permanent protection for roughly 512,000 acres of Nevada and Texas landscapes that have deep spiritual connections to multiple Tribes, historical importance to numerous communities including veterans, and environmental importance to the region.
First presidential veto maintains freedom of workers to consider material risks to their savings
El Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático (PICC) de la ONU emitió hoy su síntesis del Sexto Ciclo de Evaluación, el análisis más completo de los datos climáticos en la historia del PICC.
INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND -- Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its synthesis report for the sixth assessment cycle, which is the most comprehensive analysis of climate data in IPCC history. Among the report’s findings, it concludes that:
Climate groups call out Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, RBC, and others for greenwashing
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Washington, DC — La Ley Nacional de Recreo al Aire Libre de 2023 fue presentada en el Senado con apoyo bipartidista. El proyecto pretende incrementar y mejorar las oportunidades de recreo en la naturaleza e incluye varias cláusulas importantes para aumentar el acceso a estas oportunidades.
La iniciativa también incluye lo siguiente:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the America’s Outdoor Recreation Act of 2023 was introduced with bipartisan support in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has given Williams Transco the go ahead for tree cutting and removal to hastily move forward with their Regional Energy Access Expansion project (REAE). The greenlight on this project occurred despite FERC not issuing a substantive decision on local environmental organizations’ requests for rehearing.
Tuesday 3/21 in DC: Event led by retired activists features rally, march, ‘rocking chair rebellion'